Should You Pay To Have Lunch With Me (Part II)

Should You Pay To Have Lunch With Me (Part II) I am amazed at the comments from yestedays post.  If you get this in email or on RSS I encourage you to click over to the post and check out the comments some of them where from people who are in the same situation as me and theyve agreed with the basis of my approach (even though they would be more tactful in how they communicate it). Others have come out quite offended and suggested that Im a nobody and I shouldnt charge people to meet with me. I can only image people who have that position either: Dont value themselves enough, so they couldnt imagine they would be worth an hourly fee, OR Dont get invitations to lunches, at least not often enough to where its been an issue. I cant care. What perplexes me is the people who seem so offended at my post and suggest how I should do business. Is there more than one way to skin this cat? Sure!  And I picked my way why cant they be okay with that? Frustrating. I tell you what you come pay my bills and then you can tell me how to run my business, mkay? Another thought that came up in the comments was a thought about networking vs. consulting. If I am a good networker I should be giving, paying it forward, all that jazz, right? Of course. The post is not about networking, though.  Its about consulting. The problem is, some people give away consulting in the name of networking. Im trying to draw my boundaries for my business and I know others have this issue. Anyway, my point of todays post is this: READ THE COMMENTS FROM YESTERDAYS POST! Should You Pay To Have Lunch With Me (Part II) I am amazed at the comments from yestedays post.  If you get this in email or on RSS I encourage you to click over to the post and check out the comments some of them where from people who are in the same situation as me and theyve agreed with the basis of my approach (even though they would be more tactful in how they communicate it). Others have come out quite offended and suggested that Im a nobody and I shouldnt charge people to meet with me. I can only image people who have that position either: Dont value themselves enough, so they couldnt imagine they would be worth an hourly fee, OR Dont get invitations to lunches, at least not often enough to where its been an issue. I cant care. What perplexes me is the people who seem so offended at my post and suggest how I should do business. Is there more than one way to skin this cat? Sure!  And I picked my way why cant they be okay with that? Frustrating. I tell you what you come pay my bills and then you can tell me how to run my business, mkay? Another thought that came up in the comments was a thought about networking vs. consulting. If I am a good networker I should be giving, paying it forward, all that jazz, right? Of course. The post is not about networking, though.  Its about consulting. The problem is, some people give away consulting in the name of networking. Im trying to draw my boundaries for my business and I know others have this issue. Anyway, my point of todays post is this: READ THE COMMENTS FROM YESTERDAYS POST!